In July of 2001 I had just graduated from High School. I was eighteen and very curious in forms of modification. My boyfriend at the time had his nipples pierced and I was always kind of jealous. I thought they looked great but was a little concerned about the side effects nipple rings might have. I was afraid that if I got them my nipples might never be the same again if I decided to take them out. After a few weeks of discussing this with him, and with other friends interested in modifications I decided to do it. I figured it was something that could be temporary if I so desired.
At A Glance Author anonymous Contact anonymous@bme.anon When A year ago Artist JD Studio Custom Creations Location PEI A few days later I decided to go ahead and check out the price and pain with my piercer to be. He was really sweet and made me feel comfortable. I decided that I wanted to go ahead with it, but wanted to wait until I had enough money. I know some people that had spent money they didn't really have on piercing, and I didn't want to do that. The next week I had more then enough money to spare so I made my appointment.
At the time I wasn't really nervous at all. I was reasoning with myself saying that I knew it wasn't painful enough to kill me, so I knew I'd be okay. I picked out fourteen gauge Stainless Steel CBR's to be pierced with and we started the process.
JD was very patient and took his time marking the holes. He made me look at them a few times and make sure I liked the placement and wouldn't pierce until I was completely happy. As I finally made my decision a little panic set in, but it was a natural high. After the first nipple was pierced I continued to turn as green as the shirt I had worn to the studio. My blood sugar dropped and I was feeling pretty woozy. I had a drink of water, regained my composure and continued. I was more then happy to get that over with.
After words I put my shirt back on and went and got ice cream to bring my blood sugar level back up and drove home. I waitress and the next few days were a little touchy. My nipples really didn't hurt all that much after I got them done. They never throbbed just felt tender to the touch. I spent most of my time protecting them from any unknown force that may come in contact with them. I was making sure nothing happened to my precious nipples.
In the weeks to come I grew really fond of my piercing. I was more then happy with my decision to do it. They looked good, and were healing very well. About three months after I had gotten them pierced they seemed to be completely healed. I decided that within the next few weeks I'd buy twelve gauge barbells and stretch them.
I finally decided it was time to get rid of the CBR's, they were too big in diameter and weren't aesthetically pleasing. I wanted to start my stretching process so I went out and got the barbells. I had a pretty difficult time my first attempt at stretching them. I decided to wait it out a few weeks longer and get up some courage. I was determined to have them stretched though., so a few days later I tried again. This time I didn't find it as difficult or painful for some reason. My will must have outweighed the other factors. After taking my time and being gentle the barbells finally went in.
A few days after I had the barbells in place my nipples started to crust. I figured I'd just start taking care of them really well and things would be fine. I started soaking them in sea salt a lot and cleaning them all the time. I would make sure not to touch them with my towel but to let them air dry. I wanted them to be completely sterile. I was failing miserably at making them healthy. I tried everything to be clean and piercing friendly but nothing seemed to work.
In the next few weeks they started to improve somewhat. I was careful not to go a day without cleaning them and stopped the sea salt soaks after a small improvement had been made. I ended up having somewhat healthy piercing again and was quite pleased about it. Finally I could have my nipples touched without pain involved. I guess this healthiness turned into carelessness. After a few months of having healthy nipples I had a small mishap. I was getting out of the shower one day and was drying off as normal: little did I know that this would be the last day of my nipple piercing. I ended up snagging a piece of the thread from the towel on the bead of my barbell. It got hooked around and ripped out as I was about to swing my towel off of me. I cried and bled for a few minutes and then finally decided to go look at it. It was split in half and was all bloody. I was in horror thinking that my nipple may stay like this forever. Knowing I had to go to work I put a Harry Potter band-aid over my nipple and carried on with my day. After a day or so I took the band-aid off and noticed my nipple had already started coming together. I was thrilled. I put another Harry Potter band-aid on it and prayed the magic would work again. I was convinced Harry helped me out. I don't know if I went about the healing process wrong but it really worked. After that I retired my nipple piercing forever. It was short lived but definitely worth it.